Fiesta de la Virgen de la
This festival takes place in Copiapó on the first Sunday in February. It is an event attended by hundreds of dancers who express their devotion to their patron, the Virgen de la Candelaria, through songs, dances, special costumes and prayers.
The cult dates from 1780, when a miner, Mariano Caro Inca, taking refuge from a storm in a...